Cake Mix Cookies I

I wanted to whip up a batch of cookies to give away but didn't have butter so this was the perfect answer. I should mention that I turned oven oven before I started and by the time I had these whipped up and two cookie sheets prepared, my oven was just finishing the preheating...now that is quick. Ease of prep and ingredients, as well as versatility make this a great recipe for busy moms....children could make these. I didn't add the extra water..used a 'golden butter recipe' mix, added butterscotch and white choc. morsels. The first batch just came out and it is a wonderful tasting combo. Good to read reviews to find out they dry out quickly...the old slice of bread always does the trick. Lightly sprayed cookie sheets and would recommend not letting these sit too long before removal or they would stick.

I used applesauce instead of oil for this recipe and it was great. The flavor is still great, and it seriously cuts down on fat and calories.

I make this and several variations in a 9x13 pan as bar cookies...They are quick,easy and delish!!

Awesome and easy! I'm a fairly good cook but baking has proven to be more of a challenge to me than I'd expected. These are idiot proof! I added an extra egg since it seemed dry and I've read that that'd be good to add an egg for fluff and/or chewieness, and I used 1 1/3 cups white chocolate chips and 1/4 cup chopped amlonds. Awesome! I did not make the mistake of overbaking as I usually do, and removed at exactly 10 minutes. I will sooooooooooooooooo make these again! Thanks!!

So Easy! I used Lemon cake mix, added 1 tsp lemon extract and 1 c. fresh cranberries. Bake 13 min, cool 1 min. before removing. Wow! Moist and firm, not crumbly or dry yet. Made Tb. size- only 24 cookies, could eat all these by myself. If making the tsp. size cookie there would be only 1 cranberry in each, not a bad idea for presentation. Excellent recipe, easy to adapt to anything!

Try using cake mix, 1 egg, and an 8 oz. container of Cool Whip. I think you will find the cookies will keep longer.

This is an excellent recipe and I got it originally from the newspaper. I use 1/2 cup oil, 2 large eggs (must be large) and 6-8 oz. chocolate chips. The variety is endless and you can add anything. Always excellent and always good until the very last one which usually isn't to long. Ships well too.

Try it with a fudge cake mix, 1/2 cup toffee chips, 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 1/4 cup chopped nuts. It's much better as a chocolate cookie.

I USED THE CHOCOLATE/CHOCOLATE VERSION...YUMMY! I ADDED 2TBs OF WATER SEEMS TO DO THE TRICK FOR STORAGE AND SOFTNESS

I made these using applesauce in place of the oil and Egg Beaters for the eggs. I used a milk chocolate cake mix and used only 1/2 c. of Reese's Peanut Butter chips. Baked 10 minutes. Perfect little treats without the guilt! Thanks for this recipe Nicole.

these are FANTASTIC!! i substituted applesauce for the oil, and used 1 egg and 1 egg white (ran out of whole eggs). Added 2Tbs water as suggested. I made these with lemon cake mix, a few squirts of lemon juice, a handful of shredded coconut and a handful of white choco chips. These are so quick and easy- 1 bowl, 10 minutes... what more can you want?! I dropped these by the Tbs and got about 30 cookies. Can't wait to try this with other cake varieties... YUMMY!

I love cake mix cookies. They are simple to make, which is great if you don't have alot of time to make cookies from scratch. Everyone that tastes my cake mix cookies always ask what my secret is. They come out soft (just leave them in longer if you want them hard), but they are firm cookies so they are easy to decorate with icing... Or you can leave them plain and they taste yummy too! My personal favorite cake mix cookies is the "funfetti" kind (white cake mix with rainbow sprinkes in the mix). They add a cool effect to an otherwise plain sugar cookie. TIP: Instead of spooning the dough onto the cookie sheet, chill the dough 15 minutes and lay out some wax paper to roll out all the cookie dough... This recipe works great with cookie cutters!

I made these with a lemon cake mix (pudding in the mix type), the oil, and eggs. I had a lemon so I also squeezed a little fresh lemon juice into the batter. I rolled in balls and flattened slightly and sprinkled with sugar before baking. After they cooled, I glazed them with a glaze of 1 cup powdered sugar and 2-3 T lemon juice. (Could probably cut the glaze in half.) They are delicious! I am storing them in the freezer and and they are a great consistency pulled right out of the bag--slightly chewy and just enough tartness! Quick and easy variation of the recipe if you like lemon!

I have used a version of this recipe for years. I almost always have cake mix in the cupboard, so this is a great one to use when you need homemade cookies quickly. I have used Devil's food and Lemon cake mixes, but have never mixed anything in. I will have to try that next time. Roll the balls in powdered sugar before you bake for a nice effect.

Used the same method to make Oatmeal Raisin cookies, and they were excellent! One package yellow cake mix, 2 cups quick-cooking oats, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup veg oil, 2 large eggs and 1/2 cup each raisins and nuts. I used 1 1/2 teaspoons of maple extract (instead of vanilla) and walnuts. Bake on parchment paper, they don't spread out too much and stay soft inside, slightly crisp outside. My husband loved them, and he "only likes Tollhouse cookies."

I've never been a fan of yellow cake, but this recipe gives me a good reason to keep it around. These won't pass for 'regular' cookies in my house, but they're sweet and satisfy the cookie craving quickly. Instead of 2 cups of chips, I did 1 cup of butterscotch chips and 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts. They all got eaten. A good recipe to have on hand when I'm feeling too lazy to make real cookies.

Always turns out great. I used applesauce instead of oil and they are so moist and yummy every time!

I have been making these for as long as I can remember. I have used many variations, Devils Food with Andy's Mint baking pieces or peanut butter/chocolate swirl chips are two family favorites. I always use 2-3 Tablespoons of water depending on the mix brand. I find some need more water than others to get the consistancy right. Other family favorites include Lemon or French Vanilla with chocolate chips. The only mix I would avoid is carrot due to the fact that the carrots do not completely reconstitute.

I tried this version of cake mix cookies for my first time ever of this type of cookie. It took about 15 minutes to mix up (by hand) and ten minutes to bake. Two dozen cookies in half an hour--perfect. After reading the reviews about dryness and texture, I added an extra egg to keep them moist and give a cakier, chewier, texture. They kept three days in a thick plastic bread bag. So far, I twice used a yellow mix with two cups of raisins instead of chips, and once a carrot cake mix with 1 1/2 cups of sweetened, shredded coconut with natural pineapple flavoring from King Arthur. My coworkers loved them. I'm going to try chocolate fudge with raisins to see if I can get a chocolate-covered raisin flavor. (Can you tell I like raisins?) Another tip about dry cookies/brownies. Most bakers bake them too long, until they're fully set and done. Instead, you should bake them less time because they'll continue to bake after you remove them from the oven. Trust me. I got the tip from Cook's Illustrated.

Not bad for a cookie that begins with a cake mix! I used a chocolate cake mix and added 1/2 tsp. each of vanilla and chocolate extract to help disguise any cake mix flavor. To overcome the dryness some reviewers mentioned, I used 1/2 c. butter and 2 T. oil - and they were wonderfully soft and chewy. Instead of chocolate chips I threw in a bag of chopped Andes mints. It was a match made in heaven. I used a small cookie scoop and did not flatten them, as these do flatten somewhat in the oven. I had these mixed up and in the oven in just a few minutes and clean-up was a breeze. It's nice to know I can always rely on these when I need cookies in a hurry!

Quick, ultra easy, and very tasty. I made a batch with lemon cake mix and white chocolate chips and everyone loved them.

Made these tonight without the chips as I didn't have any on hand but, I love these cookies! I was srtuck with an inspiratioin. I used a supermoist butter recipe chocolate cake mix. Used a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop out a well rounded spoonfull of dough. Used a flat bottomed 3inch round glass dipped in sugar and pressed the balls of dough flat, almost to edge of glass. Now the first dip, you will have to smear a little bit of margarine on bottom of glass before dipping it in the sugar. After that just press the glass firmly into the sugar, then onto the cookie dough. They come out a little firmer and very uniform. You must remove the cookies from the pan almost imediately when done. Cool on wire rack. I then used my favorite whipped buttercream frosting to make filled cookies. I used a healthy 1 and 1/2 tablespoon of frosting between two cookies. They put me in mind of those infamous whoopie pies. Yum! Thanks for the recipe Nicole!

Your recipe has good flavor, but if you want them to stay moist more than 1-2 days, use 1/2 cup of margarine in place of 1/3 cup vegetable oil. Oil seems to dry the cookie during baking rather than keep it moist.

Love these cookies. You change up the flavors so easily. Our favorite is Devil’s Food or Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix and Andes Mint Chips. OMG!!!!

French Vanilla with chocolate chips are our favorite. The variety of cake mixes that can be used is endless! I rolled the dough of chocolate cake mix balls in icing sugar and it gave it a nice crinkle effect. (Very pretty) Thx.

I absolutely love this recipe! These cookies are a hit with all my friends. I like to add only about 1 to 1 1/2 c chocolate chips (mini best) because 2 c is too much. Plus I add about 2 T milk and a small package of instant vanilla pudding. It makes the cookies much softer. Thanks for the recipe!

These cookies are great! After reading reviews I used extra large eggs and added a tsp of vanilla and use milk chocolate chips with the yellow cake mix. I too, had trouble with the chips falling out but I just molded them as I scooped the batter on the spoon. Otherwise they taste great!!

These are probably the best cake mix cookie I've tried. I used a strawberry cake mix and added 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp of almond extract. Fantastic! I also kept them covered.

I made these cookies for a work pot-luck - and they were great! Very fast and easy. I used chocolate cake mix and they were very tasty. The only thing I noticed was the batter was hard to mix, and the chocolote chips really didn't incorporate with the batter too well - they just fell out. I found it easier to work the dough with my hands and make little balls of dough on the cookie sheet. There were chips left in the mixing bowl, about 10 or 15 of them - maybe I will reduce the amount of chips next time. But much to my surprise, the cookies came out just right! I baked them for 10 min. and they were soft in the middle and nice and fluffy! I will save this recipe and certainly make it again - thanks for sharing.

yummy

I 1st tasted these cookies while I was on Jury Duty....they were very delicious. I really like a soft cookie. So far I have made these cookies with 3 different cakes flavors. I did find that the box size was important. One of my boxes was slightly smaller....so I added some extra flour to make the dough easier to work with. I rolled the dough into balls and rolled them in sugar before baking. Yummy. Going to take some to work today to share!!

Try using a Devils Food Cake Mix, adding 1 cup of Chocolate Chips, 1/2 cup chopped Macadamia Nuts and 1/2 cup Flaked Coconut. Nearly a week after making the cookies, the few that are left are still moist and chewy. Awsome recipe with so many variations, Thanks for posting ...

This is a great recipe...I have a suggestion for the cookies going hard....put them in an airtight container with a slice of bread...somehow the bread gets as hard as a rock but the cookies will stay nice a fresh!

I love the cake mix cookie series.They are all so easy yet different.These type of cookies have one kind for every sweet occasion!

5 stars! I was completely impressed with this cookie, it is incredibly easy (I whipped them up in just a few minutes with minimal mess to clean up) and ridiculously tasty! I thought I was going to have to hide them from my boyfriend! They are very rich and you will definately want a glass of milk close by :) I will most definately be making these again :)

We make these several times a week! Last night we mixed marshmellows and graham crackers in Devil's Food cake for Smores cookies! Yummy! Never have a problem with them getting hard but I make them bigger and take them out while they are still gooey in the middle! I highly recommend!

These were just okay. I wanted a quick-mix cookie to give to someone else, and they don't mind the "chemical" taste that I get whever I use cake mix. Even a bit of vanilla couldn't take the taste away. Oh well. The husband likes 'em, and so will my friend.

This recipe is indeed endless..limited only by your imagine of combinations. These will store well if you place them in a sealed container and then lay a piece of wax paper on top of the cookies and then place a slice of soft bread such as Wonder Bread on top of the wax paper. I have even shipped many baked goods including cake mix cookies over seas to our troops and it worked well to keep them fresh and moist.

The other night my daughter had a craving for cookies at 9:00pm at night. I told her it was to late to make some. Then I remembered I had read something about cake mix cookies. I got online and found this recipe. It was super easy and tasty too. The header had advised that they don't store very well. So, we cooked 1/2 a batch and put the rest in the fridge. I cooked the rest up a few days later and that worked out great.

This is a fun recipe to play with, I used poppy seeds and a lemon cake mix. I added the 2 tablespoons of water like another person suggested and got out my cake decorating kit to make the swirls to fancy them up. This was fun thanks for the easy inexpensive recipe!

I tried this recipe without the chocolate chips --- big mistake. They tasted so-so and hardened up VERY quickly.

Love this recipe. It's so basic you can customize it to make variety of cookies. My favorite is using Chocolate cake mix and making quick chocolate chocolate chip cookies.

These cookies were very good. My son and I used a marble cake mix and made half and half cookies (half yellow/half chocolate). I used a tsp of vanilla and 2 tbsps of water in the yellow batter as others have suggested. We put chocolate chips in both the yellow and chocolate batter. We dropped the yellow batter onto the cookie sheet first. Then we dropped slightly less than an equal amount of chocolate batter on top. The cookies needed about 10 minutes in my oven (which runs a little hot) and looked beautiful, with the yellow and chocolate cooking into a nice swirl patterned cookie.

The possibilities are endless. I have tried all kinds of cake mixes w/ all kinds of ingredients. This is a recipe that you can use a little imagination and create yummy results.

I'm 6-1/2 months pregnant was craving coconut tonight. I used a German chocolate cake mix and a handful of shredded coconut and they were excellent. I, too added a little water because they were crumbly.

This recipe was good. I did have to add some water because it was too dry. I also added a teaspoon of vanilla as others suggested. I used mini m&m baking morsels and this was a big hit with my husband and son.

loved it this turned out really well the only thing i added was the 2 TBSP of water and it turned out great i used devils food and mini chocolate chips really good i think i am going to try devils food with peanut butter chips next time. excellent recipe!!!!!

These were such a hit! I used a Betty Crocker devil's food cake, and added 2 TBSP water to get a consistency that I liked. I used a tablespoon cookie cooker instead of a teaspoon as it states in the directions, so it took about 17 minutes for each batch to bake. I also added white chocolate chips. These were the most chocolatey cookies I've made, and sooo easy!!!

So easy and moist! Add 1 tbsp peanut butter and only 1 cup choc chips.

I went by the recipe but it was too dry so i added more oil to the first batch which made them greasy. But to the second i added water and oil. But the first batch still came out good. We made chocolate mint and strawberry with white chocolate chips

This recipe is fantastic. I have been looking all over for it. Glad to find it here.

I did not like this recipie with yellow cake. It just tasted like really sweet cake. I made them again using the 50% less sugar chocolate cake mix and they were amazing. They were big and chewy and not too sweet. I would recomend them, but not with the yellow mix.

it was pretty good

This was so-so. Very simple. Found it a little too sweet, though.

Once I got over the idea that these are not supposed to taste like chocolate chip cookies, I found that I liked them pretty well. My husband LOVED them. My main concern is that there's a bit of a fake taste in them. Fortunately, tons of chocolate chips helped cover it up. : ) I did add a little bit of water before adding the chocolate chips because it was too pasty. I think I'd make these again.

As a girl I remember baking orange-chocolate chip cookies with a friend and they were delicious! Years later, I searched for the recipe and thankfully found it here!! I've made three batches already. The orange cake mix was tooooo much orange, but spice cake with raisins and banana with chocolate chips turned out great. Perhaps next time I will bake a couble batch using one orange cake mix and one white to tone it down. The possibilities are endless. Thanks for sharing!

I left out the chips, made 2 batches using spice cake mix for one and red velvet cake mix for the other since it was Christmas. Then I whipped up some cream cheese filling/frosting (2 cakes of cream cheese, 3 cups of confectioners sugar and 2 tsp of homemade rum vanilla) and piped the filling on one cookie and added another cookie on top. I made both batches and they were ready to walk out the door with me that afternoon for a party. The cookies were beautiful, very decadent and lasted much longer without drying out with the cream cheese to keep them moist. Next time I use the spice cake I will add 2 tsp of ginger to get that very Christmasy flavor. Yummy!!!

These turned out super yummy and addicting! I didn't have any vegetable oil so I substituted applesauce, which I would do again. I also used 1 cup of milk chocolate chips and 1 cup of white chocolate chips only because I only had half a bag left of each to use. Worked out perfectly and very easy!

These cookies are good, and very easy and quick to make! I used yellow cake mix and just put 3 m&m's on top of each cookie, not only were they fun and colorful -- but yummy too!

SO EASY and YUMMY! Use different kinds of cake mixes and mix-ins for variety.

Very Good! Works with several cake mixes.

Easy Recipe! So many options you can do! Make again, for sure!

These cookies are wonderful and so easy! I used a devil's food mix, milk chocolate chips and added 2T water, as suggested. No one can believe they are from a mix! I baked for exactly 12 minutes for a tender, moist cookie.

These cookies are(were) so good! They almost tasted like a brownie! I got 30 fairly good sized cookies out of the recipe, I used a Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix, and only used 1 cup of chips instead of 2.(Our house is counting calories!) I was out of the kitchen in 30 minutes! THEY WERE SO EASY! They only took 5 minutes to mix and put on the cookie sheets. I will be making these again! They would be great for people we had small children who wanted to help out in the kitchen! If you've got a spare cake mix you've got to try these. THANKS NICOLE!

if the cookies get hard just put them in the microwave for like 10 sec or less and they will soften up.

Very quick and easy. I doubled the recipe and added chopped pecans and chocolate. I used one chocolate cake mix and one yellow. They turned out very tasty. I did use melted butter in place of the oil.

I find keeping in freezer works best for me and I hope this helps!

What a great recipe! I used devil's chocolate cake, a hand full of chocolate chips and some pecans....what a cookie! I love this recipe because it was so easy to put it together. Less time in the kitchen...means more time to spend with the 3 kids. thanx for sharing, it's a keeper.

This is the exact same recipe my mom used when I was growing up, and I still use it today. It's quick and simple, and the cookies are chewy and tasty. I've never had a problem with them hardening up, but then I always undercook my cookies a bit to make them a little chewy. This recipe is great with strawberry cake mix too!

I have just discovered cake mix cookies! Our favorite is red velvet with white chocolate chips. Rather than drop the cookies, I form the batter into a roll in wax paper and refrigerate for a few hours until stiff, then cut into 16 slices and cut each slice into half and roll into a ball, place 16 cookies on large cookie sheets lined with parchment paper and flatten the cookies with a glass to < 1/2 inch each. I sprinkle the red velvet cookies with confectioners sugar, very pretty!

Quick and Easy! Parchment paper is my best friend when baking cookies.

SO yummy & SO easy to make! It literally took me about 10 minutes to make the batter. I did however make a few small changes. I used applesauce instead of vegetable oil, and I used a combination of milk chocolate and white chocolate chips. I'll definitely make these again!

I made a variation of this yesterday using 1 stick of margarine instead of oil, and used 3 cups of fruity pebbles cereal. AWESOME!!!

Like the submitter of this recipe, I recieved this recipe from a friend a few days ago, and I just made them for the first time- they are AWESOME!! This recipe is the same as mine, except I add 1 tsp. vanilla. I made a devil's food cake mix with mini choc chips, and peanut butter chips. SO GOOD!! My husband kind of made fun of me making cake mix cookies..."why can't you just make regular choc. chip cookies?" he asked...then ate about 6 of them and made himself sick. ha ha. The beauty of these is that the sky's the limit...next time I am going to use a german choc cake mix, coconut, mini choc chips and walnuts! Yum! great post Nicole!

I tried this tonight for first time. So easy!! Couldn't believe how good they turned out. Even my husband who is a professional chef was impressed! Kids loved them too. Easy enough for them to make! I added 2 tablespoons of water and a little extra oil. (so it mixed better)

These are awesome! There are so many combinations for this! I tried yellow and chocolate cake mixes. The yellow cake was softer and puffy where the chocolate was somewhat flat.

wow!! great recipe! ive also tried this recipe with many different variations. my favorites are devils food with mint choc-chips lemon supreme with cinn-chips and classic white with peanutb-chips!! i store my cookies in airtight foodsaver containers in the freezer. i take out what i need for the day and let them thaw (it only takes about 30 min). then these cookies stay soft and fresh until they are all used. AAAAAAAAAAA+++++++

LOVE this recipe. These are the only cake cookies I make!!! They're gone fast. Thanks for sharing.

Loved it..I had some candied pineapple, who knows how long or even where I got it. After reading this recipe I used a package of Pineapple Upside Down cake mix and added those candied pineapple chunks. My family raved about them.

I love this recipe. I use it a lot at the holidays to create different cookies ina hurry. Everyone raves about these cookies and I look like a hero. Thanks for an exellent recipe. So fast and easy.

I make these all the time. I also add a little butter to mine :) Tried many different mixes and add ins. ALWAYS great and SO easy! My kids fav is funfetti!

These are good and super simple!! Great for kids to make. I made them with my girls, but substituted applesauce for the oil and used an egg replacement since my son is allergic (1 T. vinegar, 1 T. milk and 1 t. baking powder for each egg - I just used one substitution) These are good right out of the oven - but do not store well - became chewy and super moist on top - probably from all my substitutions!! However, cookies don't usually last more than a day at my house anyway!! Thanks for posting!

i thought these would have been better than they were.. my three year old loved them though.

A bit dryer than I would have hoped. I mixed in some pumpkin pie spice to part of the batch and those came out much tastier

2C of add-ins seems way too chunky so I used 3/4C. oats & 1C. M&Ms. Chewy and good, so simple to make! And a great way to use up an old box of cake mix :-)

This was a really great recipe. Iused a lemon cake mix with white chocolate chips (1.5 cups). I also dipped the bottom of the cookies into graham cracker crumbs to give a nice juxtaposition between the soft center and the crispy bottom and also made them stick less to the pan. I added, as others had suggested, 1.5 Tbs of water to make them chewyer. Overall, this recipe yielded great results.

I made these tonight and my boys gobbled them up!!! Very easy and quick I did add vanilla! So many options, love it!

I love this recipe. I've made it several times and the reslults are always great. sometimes i use betty crocker rainbow chip cake mix and mini m&ms just to make the cookies ultra coolorful.

It doesnt get any easier than this unless you are buying pre-packaged! I used a box of devil's food cake mix and rolled the dough into balls and coated them in powdered sugar for a crinkly effect like another reveiwer suggested and they were perfect! I also added 2 Tbls. water like suggested. They were done in exactly 8 minutes! I can't wait to try more variations! Perfect cookies for giving away during the Christmas season due to the low cost and ease! Next, I'm trying the chocolate cake mix with Andes peppermint crunch baking chips!

To keep these guys from drying out too much and getting crumbly weird...add 2 oz cream cheese to the batter...cookies get super soft and stay moist and yo can't beat how rich they taste.

I used to make these when I was in HS, I had forgotten the recipe and was so glad to find it here. These are the exact ones I remember only now I use applesauce to make them a little healthier.

Very Good. German Chocolate with butterscotch chips and walnuts. they did take 12 or more minutes to bake not 10 but Yummy. I will certainly try it again.

Everyone in my family ate one, and the rest just sat there for days. I followed the recipe to the T, and added the 2 T water as suggested. I wish I'd use the cake mix for a cake (which would have been VERY welcomed by my family!) and a cookie recipie for cookies....

I thought these were just OK (they are very sweet) but my family loves them. I used a yellow cake mix & butterscotch chips. Will make again just because they are soo easy & my family really likes them.

Fabulous!

They just came out of the oven and they are delish!! I used mini choc. chips, white choc. chips, and butterscotch chips. Yummy. I made a half batch, about 11 cookies and they cooked for about 11 or 12 minutes.

These were pretty good. I used half chocolate chips and half flaked coconut.

So quick and easy and yummy. One batch I made was Red Vlevet. Sprinkled those with powdered sugar. Another was French Vanilla with sprinkles mixed in. Last was Devils Food with Andes mints. All turned out delish. The Andes Mints cookies were prob the crowd fav, but I liked them all.

Very easy and good.